Complaisance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable. countable, uncountable

    "I see he has premeditated a Denial by the Complaisance of his Features."

  2. 2
    a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others wordnet

Synonyms

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acceptanceacquiescenceamenityassentbenevolencebenignity

Example

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"I see he has premeditated a Denial by the Complaisance of his Features."

Etymology

From French. See complaisant.

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